#eldrigar

[akysi]

I had this design completed a few weeks ago, but then life got in the way immediately after (see my “Ascend” piece for that), so I waited until now to post it. This is Queen Demona! Lorelei’s mother and ruler of Eldrigar alongside her wife, Queen Manticora, who I will post when I finish her design. I thought about waiting to post them together, but it’ll be a while before Cora is done and I wanted to post something today amongst all of my WIPs. I might shift Mona’s colour scheme more to the purple side once I figure out everyone else’s colours, but for now I wanted to make sure she at least matched with the palette I made for Eldrigar itself, which is primarily red. Her colours are really similar to someone else I’ve made, but that just happens sometimes, lol. As long as the scheme works for the character I don't mind so much.

[akysi]

I tend to switch gears a lot when trying to find my creative focus for the day, and today was no exception. With that said, here are banners for the Three Great Kingdoms of my Feather Knights story! :D 

Irivell is the main kingdom of focus, but all three have significance in the story in some way. Snowy’s group comes from all corners of this world (tentatively called Faedarin), and they end up being the unifying element at the climax of the story, bringing change to all of the kingdoms.

Most of my Feather Knights stuff is highly tentative at this point, as I won’t have this story fully developed for some time now. Even these banners are a bit rough around the edges, but I felt they were finished enough for now. :) I’ve had the Sundari banner complete for a while now so I’ve been itching to post them, aha.  I love making heraldry, so more will follow too!

Which banner is your favourite? Which kingdom would you side with?

[akysi]

I finally finished colouring something today, it’s been so slow lately x_x

Anyway, here’s Queen Manticora! Ruler of Eldrigar alongside Queen Demona.

Finishing the colour scheme for this design presented an interesting problem that I did not encounter with Mona, namely the balance between the colours of the animal versus that of Eldrigar itself. A manticore is already an amalgam of several creatures to begin with, so the first challenge was finding a colour scheme that incorporated those in equal measure. Drawing this design presented this problem as well, as establishing hierarchy between a large body frame, wings, a tail, and a large weapon made it harder. I think I got it in the end though.

I wanted to keep more oranges and yellows in the design in order to sell the feeling of a lion, even if those are not as congruent with Eldrigar’s other colours. Both are equally malleable palettes at this point in development, so I will see how I want to approach this balance with other designs in the future. The last thing I want is to make designs that do not read clearly, and I think the animal part of the design should ring clearest throughout, if nothing else. Cora has a helmet in the shape of a lion’s head that I think will complete the idea of a manticore once I’m finished it, but it was good to get this far with the first pass anyway. Hope you like! :)

[akysi]

This started when I needed a break from gift art back in December, but naturally got far more involved. xD I've been pretty burnt out this week so this is good to upload now.

Loralei finally has a full body design! I might tweak her colours a bit later on, but otherwise I like how the design came out. :) Have I mentioned I love pencil brushes? *v*